Psy 4415:  Test 4 Study Guide

 

1.

Typical contract components

2.

Primary and secondary effects of unions and collective bargaining agreements

3.

Summarize unions’ overall effects on wage administration, fringe benefits, quit rates, work rules, and safety

4.

Managements’ responses to wages and work rules, including management rights clauses

5.

The “duty to bargain” and the “duty to represent”

6.

Definition, typical steps, and functions of grievance procedures

7.

Grievances, including typical steps in pre-arbitration grievance process

8.

Overall phases in American Arbitration Association grievance arbitration process

9.

Generic grievance arbitration phases.

10.

Evolution and history of public sector bargaining and current major players

11.

Differences and similarities between private and public-sector employers as they affect collective bargaining

12.

In New York state, what is the “Taylor Law”?

13.

Other issues in public sector bargaining.